18/03/2021 – How to Prevent Exhaustion of PVRs on Plants and Harvested Material?
The ciopora academy 2021
Webinar Series 1, Webinar 1:
How to prevent exhaustion of PVRs on plants and harvested material?
Date & Sessions
Average session duration: ca. 75 min
Session 1: March 18, 2021 - 5 pm CET
Recommended for participants from the US, Europe and Middle East:
9 am US Pacific
11 am US Central
12 pm US Eastern
4 pm London
5 pm CET/Europe
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Session 2: March 18, 2021 - 10 pm CET
Recommended for participants from the US, Australia and New Zealand.
2 pm US Pacific
4 pm US Central
5 pm US Eastern
9 pm London
10 pm CET/Europe
March 19:
8 am Sydney, AUS
10 am Wellington, NZ
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What will I learn?
Exhaustion of breeder’s IP rights, including Community Plant Variety Rights and U.S. Plant Patents, may seriously harm the legitimate interests of right holders and their licensees. Exhaustion may also affect the legal protection of harvested material.
This webinar will include a discussion on when exhaustion applies from both a European and U.S. rights perspective (including an examination of the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Lexmark decision), possible ways to prevent exhaustion, and the impact of exhaustion on the cascade protection of harvested material (among others – under the Nadorcott judgment from the European Court of Justice).
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Travis Bliss, Ph.D.
Travis Bliss
Partner at Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
Travis Bliss counsels a variety of clients ranging from individual inventors to small businesses to Fortune 500 companies in nearly all aspects of Intellectual Property law. Travis prepares and prosecutes patent applications; litigates patent, Trademark, and other IP disputes in federal and state courts; represents clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board; counsels clients in a variety of IP issues, including due diligence, FTO, infringement, and patentability; and prepares and negotiates IP licenses. From a technology standpoint, Travis’s practice falls largely within the life sciences field and also includes a large focus on novel plant varieties in the agriculture, horticulture, and cannabis/hemp industries. Travis has been a lawyer member of CIOPORA since 2014.
Ernst-Jan Louwers
ERNST-JAN LOUWERS
Co-founding Partner at Louwers IP | Technology Advocaten, the Netherlands
With a track record of over 35 years as a Dutch lawyer, Ernst-Jan has a vast experience as a specialized IP, technology and contract lawyer and litigator. After 20 years in a large law firm, he started the IP and technology boutique firm Louwers IP|Technology Advocaten in 2006. His practice covers IP and commercial aspects of plant breeding, distribution, commercialization, and enforcement. This includes drafting of licensing contracts, (strategic) advice, compliance, arbitration, and litigation. He is a lawyer member to CIOPORA and the CIOPORA Working Group on Enforcement. Among others he is member to the Dutch plant breeders association Plantum as well as several national and international associations on IP and enforcement. Ernst-Jan is also a listed arbitrator at the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI).
Registration
The CIOPORA Acadamy maintains the reduced webinar rates in 2021!
We at the CIOPORA Academy are committed to providing continued education opportunities to the green sector. In view of the operational and financial constraints businesses and individuals around the globe are facing currently, we have reduced our webinar rates from EUR 149,00 to EUR 99,00 (Member) and EUR 299,00 to EUR 199,00 (Guest). Additional 15% savings are provided in the Webinar Package.
- Single Webinar registration
Join the Webinar 1 in the CIOPORA Academy Webinar Series 1/2021 by opting for our flexible single webinar registration at the following CIOPORA Member/Guest rates:
- CIOPORA Member: EUR 99,00
- Guest: EUR 199,00
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- Webinar savings package 1/2021 - Available until March 18
Save 15% and join all three webinars in the CIOPORA Academy Webinar Series 1/2021, including:
- March 18 – How to prevent exhaustion of PVRs on plants and harvested material?
- March 25 – Webinar 2: Incentivizing Innovation: Employee Remuneration, Reward Schemes and Ownership across Jurisdictions. Learn more
- April 1 – Webinar 3: R&D agreements and classic disputes resulting therefrom. Learn more.
Webinar savings package:
- CIOPORA Member: 249,00 EUR
- Guest: 499,00 EUR
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By registering you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions (Sept 2020).
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About the WEbinar program
In November 2019, the CIOPORA Academy education program on IP for plants was expanded with the distance learning offerings in form of Webinars. Each webinar is conducted in two sessions to cover all time zones, enabling participation from all locations worldwide.
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